Turkish PM says Syria apologises for downing Turkish jet-report

June 22, 2012|Reuters

ANKARA, June 22 (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister TayyipErdogan said on Friday Syria had admitted it had shot down aTurkish warplane in the Mediterranean and apologised, BBCMonitoring reported, citing Turkey's state news agency Anatolia.

The report could not immediately be confirmed. Turkey'smilitary earlier announced it had lost contact with a fighterjet while it was over the sea off the southeastern coast. It didnot give any further details.